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Lets Talk 2 Unit 1

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Yes/No BingoGame

2025 minutes

Photocopy one game sheet for each student.

Have students form pairs. Give each student a sheet. Have them work with their partnerto fill in all the squares with yes/no questions. Explain that no wh- (who, what, when,where, why) questions should be included on their sheets. When all the pairs havefinished, ask students to stand up and to work individually to ask other classmates thequestions. The students should write the name of a classmate on the line below only ifhis or her answer to the question is yes. The first student to get five names in a row(horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) is the winner.

Give students the game sheet without the question cues to make theactivity more challenging.

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Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

Complete each square with a different yes/no question. Then stand up, move around the class, and askyour classmates the questions. Write the name of a classmate on the line below only if his or her answerto the question is yes. The first student to get five names in a row (Bingo!) is the winner.

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Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

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Whats the question?Pair guessing game

1015 minutes

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Model the task by writing three answers to questions about yourself on the board. Tellstudents that they will play a game to guess the correct question for each answer. Forexample:

LasagnaBlueBaseball

Have students suggest possible questions for each word on the board. For example, forLasagna, students might guess Whats your favorite food? or What do you like tocook? For Blue, students may guess Whats your favorite color? or What color isyour car? For Baseball, questions could include Whats your least favorite sport? orWhat sport do the New York Yankees play?

Tell students to work alone. Tell them to write three answers to questions aboutthemselves. Then put them into pairs to take turns guessing the questions. If time allows,have students form new pairs and go through the guessing again.

When everyone has finished, find out which students guessed thequestions to their partners answers the fastest and which student(s) came up withthe most challenging answer to be matched by a corresponding question.

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What are we cooking?Pair puzzle

1015 minutes

Photocopy one recipe sheet for each student.

Have students form pairs. Give each student a recipe sheet. Explain that each recipesheet has two different recipes one for pancakes and the other for chili con carne mixed together. Their task is to separate the two recipes and put the steps in the correctorder. Tell students that they can do this either by cutting up the list of ingredients andthe procedures or by rewriting the recipes.

Correct recipes:

Set up a contest: the pair that unscrambles the recipes first wins.

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Chili con carneIngredients:1 tbsp salad oil 1 lb ground beef

1 clove garlic 1 lb beans

1 cup onion 2 cans of tomatoes

2 cups celery 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup chili powder green pepper

Directions:1. Mince garlic and chop onions, green pepper, and

celery.

2. In a very big pot add in oil and saut garlic, onion, celery, and green pepper until onion is light brown.

3. Once the vegetables are cooked, add ground beef. Then cook until brown.

4. Stir in kidney beans, tomatoes, salt, and chili powder.

5. Simmer uncovered for 45 minutes.

PancakesIngredients:1/2 cup flour maple syrup

1 tbsp sugar 2 eggs

1-1/2 cups milk 1 tbsp butter

butter for frying

Directions:1. Melt the butter in a small pot. Then sift the flour, salt,

and sugar into a large mixing bowl.

2. Dig a hole in the center of the flour and break in the eggs.

3. Slowly add the flour into the eggs and gradually add milk until everything is completely mixed.

4. Cover the bottom of a frying pan with butter and spoon in a small amount of pancake mixture.

5. When the pancake bubbles, flip it over and cook until it is brown. Serve with maple syrup.

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Ingredients:chili powder 1 tbsp salad oil

1 cup onion 1/2 cup green pepper

1 lb beans maple syrup

1 clove garlic 1-1/2 cups milk

1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp sugar

2 cups celery butter for frying

1/2 cup flour 2 cans of tomatoes

1/2 tsp salt 1 lb ground beef

2 eggs

Directions: Simmer uncovered for 45 minutes.

In a very big pot add in oil and saut garlic, onion, celery, and green pepper until onion is light brown.

Slowly add the flour into the eggs and gradually add milk until everything is completely mixed.

Once the vegetables are cooked, add ground beef. Then cook until brown.

Cover the bottom of a frying pan with butter and spoon in a small amount of pancake mixture.

Stir in kidney beans, tomatoes, salt, and chili powder.

Melt the butter in a small pot. Then sift the flour, salt, and sugar into a large mixing bowl.

Mince garlic and chop onions, green pepper, and celery.

Dig a hole in the center of the flour and break in the eggs.

When the pancake bubbles, flip it over and cook until it is brown. Serve with maple syrup.

Lets Talk 2 Unit 4

Naomis familyPair puzzle

2025 minutes

Photocopy Student A sheets for half of the class and Student B sheets for the otherhalf, and a blank family tree diagram for everyone.

Divide the class into two groups: Student A and Student B. Then within each group,have students form pairs. Give each student a blank family tree and either a student A ora student B worksheet. Point out that the Student A pairs have information about herfathers side of the family and the Student B pairs have information about her mothersside. Explain that the task is to fill in Naomis family tree. When the pairs are finished,put them into new pairs with each Student A joining a Student B. Tell students toask questions about Naomis family to complete her family t